It’s been one of those weeks in tech where the news cycle lurches from sobering to ridiculous, to inspiring. Don’t even get me started on Sam Altman’s plan to spend trillions blanketing the planet with data centres…

YouTube is probably the best of the digital platforms to emerge during the Web 2.0 era. It certainly has the most utility in terms of education and entertainment and has fewer insidious elements than the likes of Facebook and Twitter.

CentrePort is set to host the country’s first commercial private 5G network later this year, in a bid to improve connectivity across Wellington’s busy port.

We are unlikely to see similar growth-orientated tech and digital initiatives this year, not that the National Party, which owns most of the tech-related policy, isn’t interested in spending on tech, which it sees as an economic growth enabler.